Globe Theatre

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By: Christina Reece



Shakespear's Globe Theatre





    • The buildign of the Globe theatre started in 1597, by Peter Smith.The Globe Theatre was built with similarly the colosseums of Rome. The group Shakespear belonged to had already been preforming in the theatre that was aptly named "The Theatre", when the 21 year lease was supposed to run out in 1597 the landlord Gyles Alleyn refused to renew it and was planning to tear it down and use it for his personal purposes.The owner of the lease James Burbage attempted to negotiate with Gyles, but was unsuccessful and they were forced to move to the Curtain Theatre that was nearby.While reviewing the lease James discovered a clause that allowed him to dismantle the theatre and do with it what he wanted to. With this discovery he and his acting crew which included Shakespear began the long process of moving the Theatre to Bankside in Southwark, where they built the Globe Theatre.
    • The Globe theatre was not just a playhouse but it also served as a place to gamble, a brothel, and where bear and bull baiting, (comparable to the modern day bull fights) was frequently hosted.
    • The Globes now famous motto was "Totus mundus agit histrionem " meaning the whole world is a playhouse, that has over time, transformed into the whole worlds a stage.external image L3NuQpHT70y745Z06et6oXNkznl37lzJ8wU9v_M1YXAGAbssdw8NEvADXkmNPJgGRoMirHM4UAgXxOet5AJIGAfLCXy92ADAD8PUvR20szy0fGMPpA
    • The people of London were Strictly protestant and thought that actors were committing a sin when they went on stage. In 1596 There was a city wide ban on plays and theatres had to be moved to the south side of the Thames river.
    • In the 1600's music was added to the plays.
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    • The Theatre was built three stories high and could hold up to 3,000 people. It was a wood-framed building with the outside covered in plaster. The stage was 43' wide and 28' deep and was raised about five feet off the ground. It is also believed that the stage had numerous trapdoors to add to the effect. There was no heating or lighting so plays were preformed during the day and in the winter, plays had to be moved to the inside playhouse. It was not acceptable for a woman to be an actress so the female roles were played by young boys, that because of the high levels of lead in their face make up, would die after a only a few years of continuous acting.
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    • The inside of the Globe was never documented as to what it looked liked but the very similar Swan Theatre had been, so historians think the inside may have looked about the same.

                  • The Globe And The Plague
    • When the plague swept across England in 1593 the Globe was shut down, along wit hall the other theatres.
  • The End of The Globe
    • The Globe stood for sixteen years, until on June 29,1613 a canon ball shot during the performance of Henry XII caught the thatch roof on fire, burning the globe to the ground.
    • The foundations of the Globe were rediscovered in 1989.
























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